The 2023–24 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Gophers, led by first-year head coach Dawn Plitzuweit, played their home games at Williams Arena and compete as members of the Big Ten Conference. Plitzuweit was hired in March 2023 after she spent one year at West Virginia.
Previous season The Golden Gophers finished the 2022–2023 season with a 11–19 record and 4–14 in Big Ten play to finish in twelfth place. As the twelfth seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by Penn State in the First Round. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament or chosen for the WNIT. Alanna Micheaux was named to the Big Ten Conference Honorable Mention Team, while Mara Braun was named to the All-Freshman Team by both the coaches and media.
Following their loss to Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament, the Gophers announced that head coach Lindsay Whalen had resigned and stepped down as head coach. Dawn Plitzuweit was hired 2 weeks later as the new head coach for the Gophers.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes Alanna Micheaux 4 F 6'2" Sophomore Wayne, Michigan Transferred to Virginia Tech Alexa Ratzlaff 12 G 5'9" Freshman Rosemount, Minnesota Destinee Oberg 13 C 6'3" Senior Burnsville, Minnesota Transferred to North Dakota Isabelle Gradwell 14 G/F 6'1" Graduate Senior Marshalltown, Iowa Graduated Angelina Hammond 15 G/F 6'1" Graduate Senior Hopkins, Minnesota Transferred to St. Thomas Mi'Cole Cayton 21 G 5'9" Graduate Senior Stockton, California Transferred to Pepperdine Katie Borowicz 23 G 5'7" Redshirt Freshman Roseau, Minnesota Medically Retired Maria Counts 31 G/F 5'11" Freshman Plymouth, Minnesota Transferred to Minnesota-Duluth
Arrivals Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School Notes Janay Sanders 30 G 5'11" Graduate Senior Charlotte, North Carolina App State
2023 Recruiting class On November 16, 2023, the Gophers announced the signing of 4 players Kennedy Klick, MyKynnlie Dalan, Ajok Madol and Dominika Paurová to scholarships, while also Brynn Senden signed an Acceptance of Admission to be a walk-on for the 2023–24 season. Following the resignation of Lindsay Whalen after the 2022–23 season, Paurová asked and granted her release from the Gophers, and then committed to Oregon State.
After the hiring of Plitzuweit, she signed two players that she got to commit to West Virginia when she was there in - Grace Grocholski and Ayianna Johnson.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Rankings
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